National Affairs: While the Blue Fades

The last survivors of the Civil War are fast dwindling. The headquarters
of the Grand Army of the Republic at Des Moines announced that
there were at the beginning of 1923 71,106 G.A.R. veterans as opposed
to 85,618 a year before. The number of G.A.R. posts shrank from 4,218
to 3,659 in the same period.

Preparations go forward for the national encampment at Milwaukee next
Fall. It is estimated that not more than 20,000 of the veterans can
attend. They number 30 per cent less than three years ago. There will
not be many more encampments.